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person_profile-Randolph Scott

Randolph Scott Died at age: 89

Actor | Producer

Date of Birth:

Jan 22, 1898

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Mar 02, 1987

Biography of

Randolph Scott

    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    Randolph Scott (January 23, 1898 – March 2, 1987) was an American film actor whose career spanned from 1928 to 1962.

    As a leading man for all but the first three years of his cinematic career, Scott appeared in a variety of genres, including social dramas, crime dramas, comedies, musicals (albeit in non-singing and non-dancing roles), adventure tales, war films, and even a few horror and fantasy films. However, his most enduring image is that of the tall-in-the-saddle Western hero. Out of his more than 100 film appearances more than 60 were in Westerns; thus, "of all the major stars whose name was associated with the Western, Scott most closely identified with it."

    Scott's more than thirty years as a motion picture actor resulted in his working with many acclaimed screen directors, including Henry King, Rouben Mamoulian, Michael Curtiz, John Cromwell, King Vidor, Alan Dwan, Fritz Lang, and Sam Peckinpah. He also worked on multiple occasions with some noted directors: Henry Hathaway (8 times), Ray Enright (7), Edwin R. Marin (7), Andre DeToth (6), and most notably, his seven film collaborations with Budd Boetticher.

    Scott also worked with a diverse array of cinematic leading ladies, from Shirley Temple and Irene Dunne to Mae West and Marlene Dietrich. He also appeared with Gene Tierney, Ann Sheridan, Maureen O'Hara, Nancy Carroll, Donna Reed, Gail Russell, Margaret Sullavan, Virginia Mayo, Bebe Daniels, Carole Lombard, and Joan Bennett.

    Tall (6 ft. 2 in.; 188 cm), lanky, and handsome, Scott displayed an easygoing charm and courtly Southern drawl in his early films that helped offset his limitations as an actor, where he was frequently found to be stiff or "lumbering". As he matured, however, Scott's acting improved while his features became burnished and leathery, turning him into the ideal "strong, silent" type of stoic hero. The BFI Companion to the Western noted: "In his earlier Westerns...the Scott persona is debonair, easy-going, graceful, though with the necessary hint of steel. As he matures into his fifties his roles change. Increasingly Scott becomes the man who has seen it all, who has suffered pain, loss, and hardship, and who has now achieved (but at what cost?) a stoic calm proof against vicissitude."

    During the early 1950s, Scott was a consistent box-office draw. In the annual Motion Picture Herald Top Ten Polls, he ranked tenth in 1950, eighth in 1951, and again tenth in 1952. Scott also appeared in the Quigley’s Top Ten Money Makers Poll from 1950 to 1953.

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Randolph Scott

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Filmography of

Randolph Scott

Found 110 Movies in total

Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2018

... 2004

The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1997

Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1994

La Classe américaine

Joël (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1993

Legends of the West

Wyatt Earp in 'Frontier Marshall' ( Actor )

... 1992

Hollywood My Home Town

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1965

Ride the High Country

Gil Westrum ( Actor )

... 1962

Comanche Station

Jefferson Cody ( Actor )

Producer

... 1960

Westbound

Capt. John Hayes ( Actor )

... 1959

Ride Lonesome

Ben Brigade ( Actor )

Producer

... 1959

Buchanan Rides Alone

Tom Buchanan ( Actor )

Associate Producer

... 1958

Decision at Sundown

Bart Allison ( Actor )

Associate Producer

... 1957

Shoot-Out At Medicine Bend

Buck Devlin ( Actor )

... 1957

The Tall T

Pat Brennan ( Actor )

Producer

... 1957

7th Cavalry

Capt. Tom Benson ( Actor )

Associate Producer

... 1956

Seven Men from Now

Ben Stride ( Actor )

... 1956

A Lawless Street

Marshal Calem Ware ( Actor )

Associate Producer

... 1955

Tall Man Riding

Larry Madden ( Actor )

... 1955

Rage at Dawn

James Barlow ( Actor )

... 1955

Ten Wanted Men

John Stewart ( Actor )

Associate Producer

... 1955

The Bounty Hunter

Jim Kipp / James Collins ( Actor )

... 1954

Riding Shotgun

Larry Delong ( Actor )

... 1954

Thunder Over the Plains

Capt. David Porter ( Actor )

... 1953

The Stranger Wore a Gun

Jeff Travis ( Actor )

Associate Producer

... 1953

The Man Behind The Gun

Major Ransome Callicut ( Actor )

... 1953

Hangman's Knot

Major Matt Stewart ( Actor )

Associate Producer

... 1952

Carson City

Silent Jeff Kincaid ( Actor )

... 1952

Starlift

Randolph Scott ( Actor )

... 1951

Man in the Saddle

Owen Merrit ( Actor )

Associate Producer

... 1951

Fort Worth

Ned Britt ( Actor )

... 1951

Santa Fe

Britt Canfield ( Actor )

... 1951

Sugarfoot

Jackson 'Sugarfoot' Redan ( Actor )

... 1951

The Cariboo Trail

Jim Redfern ( Actor )

... 1950

Colt .45

Steve Farrell ( Actor )

... 1950

The Nevadan

Andrew Barclay ( Actor )

Producer

... 1950

Fighting Man of the Plains

Jim Dancer ( Actor )

... 1949

The Doolins of Oklahoma

Bill Doolin / Bill Daley ( Actor )

... 1949

Canadian Pacific

Tom Andrews ( Actor )

... 1949

The Walking Hills

Jim Carey ( Actor )

Producer

... 1949

Return of the Bad Men

Vance ( Actor )

... 1948

Coroner Creek

Chris Danning ( Actor )

... 1948

Albuquerque

Cole Armin ( Actor )

... 1948

Christmas Eve

Jonathan 'Johnny' ( Actor )

... 1947

Gunfighters

Brazos Kane ( Actor )

... 1947

Trail Street

Bat Masterson ( Actor )

... 1947

Home Sweet Homicide

Lt. Bill Smith ( Actor )

... 1946

Badman's Territory

Sheriff Mark Rowley ( Actor )

... 1946

Abilene Town

Marshall Dan Mitchell ( Actor )

... 1946

Captain Kidd

Adam Mercy / Adam Blayne ( Actor )

... 1945

China Sky

Dr. Gray Thompson ( Actor )

... 1945

Belle of the Yukon

Honest John Calhoun aka Gentleman Jack ( Actor )

... 1944

Gung Ho!

Colonel Thorwald ( Actor )

... 1943

Corvette K-225

Lt. Cm. McClain ( Actor )

... 1943

The Desperadoes

Sheriff Steve Upton ( Actor )

... 1943

Bombardier

Buck Oliver ( Actor )

... 1943

Pittsburgh

Cash Evans ( Actor )

... 1942

To the Shores of Tripoli

Dixie Smith ( Actor )

... 1942

The Spoilers

McNamara ( Actor )

... 1942

Paris Calling

Lt. Nicholas "Nick" Jordan ( Actor )

... 1941

Belle Starr

Sam Starr ( Actor )

... 1941

Western Union

Vance Shaw ( Actor )

... 1941

When the Daltons Rode

Tod Jackson ( Actor )

... 1940

My Favorite Wife

Steve Burkett ( Actor )

... 1940

Virginia City

Vance Irby ( Actor )

... 1940

20,000 Men a Year

Brad Reynolds ( Actor )

... 1939

Coast Guard

Thomas 'Speed' Bradshaw ( Actor )

... 1939

Frontier Marshal

Wyatt Earp ( Actor )

... 1939

Susannah of the Mounties

Inspector Angus 'Monty' Montague ( Actor )

... 1939

Jesse James

Marshall Will Wright ( Actor )

... 1939

The Texans

Kirk Jordan ( Actor )

... 1938

The Road to Reno

Steve Fortness ( Actor )

... 1938

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

Tony Kent ( Actor )

... 1938

High, Wide and Handsome

Peter Cortlandt ( Actor )

... 1937

Go West Young Man

Bud Norton ( Actor )

... 1936

The Last of the Mohicans

Hawkeye ( Actor )

... 1936

And Sudden Death

Police Lt. James Knox ( Actor )

... 1936

Follow the Fleet

Bilge Smith ( Actor )

... 1936

So Red the Rose

Duncan Bedford ( Actor )

... 1935

She

Leo Vincey ( Actor )

... 1935

Village Tale

T.N. 'Slaughter' Somerville ( Actor )

... 1935

Roberta

John Kent ( Actor )

... 1935

The Fighting Westerner

Larry Sutton ( Actor )

... 1935

Home on the Range

Tom Hatfield ( Actor )

... 1935

Wagon Wheels

Clint Belmet ( Actor )

... 1934

The Last Round-up

Jim Cleve ( Actor )

... 1934

Broken Dreams

Dr. Robert Morley ( Actor )

... 1933

To the Last Man

Lynn Hayden ( Actor )

... 1933

Man of the Forest

Brett Dale ( Actor )

... 1933

Cocktail Hour

Randolph Morgan ( Actor )

... 1933

Sunset Pass

Ash Preston ( Actor )

... 1933

Supernatural

Grant Wilson ( Actor )

... 1933

Murders in the Zoo

Jack Woodford ( Actor )

... 1933

Buffalo Stampede

Tom Doan ( Actor )

... 1933

Hello, Everybody!

Hunt Blake ( Actor )

... 1933

Wild Horse Mesa

Chane Weymer ( Actor )

... 1932

Hot Saturday

Bill Fadden ( Actor )

... 1932

Heritage of the Desert

Jack Hare ( Actor )

... 1932

A Successful Calamity

Larry Rivers ( Actor )

... 1932

Sky Bride

Captain Frank Robertson ( Actor )

... 1932

Born Reckless

Dick Milburn (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1930

Dynamite

Coal Miner ( Actor )

... 1929

Half Marriage

Night Club Patron ( Actor )

... 1929

Sailor's Holiday

(uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1929

The Black Watch

42nd Highlander (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1929

The Far Call

Helms ( Actor )

... 1929

Why Be Good?

Man Dancing at The Boiler (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1929

Weary River

Audience Member (0:56) (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1929

The Wolf of Wall Street

Broker's Assistant ( Actor )

... 1929

Sharp Shooters

Foreign Serviceman in Moroccan Cafe (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1928